Biomass Sourcing Coordinator, Ewekoro at Lafarge Cement

Lafarge Africa Plc is a leading Sub-Saharan Africa building solutions Company and member of the LafargeHolcim group.

The vision of Lafarge Africa Plc is to be the most trusted and preferred partner of African construction professionals and home builders by delivering cement, concrete, aggregates and other building solutions that are best in quality, environmentally sustainable and nationwide available at affordable cost.

Making urbanization a success is one of the challenges of this century and at LafargeHolcim, our ambition is to contribute to Building Better Cities. As a world leader in building materials, LafargeHolcim supports the metamorphosis of cities with innovative solutions that provide cities with more housing, making them more compact, more durable, more beautiful and better connected.

For many years, Lafarge Africa Plc has been committed to a deliberate strategy of sustainable development that combines industrial know-how with performance, value creation, respect for employees and local cultures, environmental protection and the conservation of natural resources and energy.

We put certain values at the forefront of the way we do business viz: health and safety, environmental protection, corporate governance (Ethics) and social responsibility (in the areas of education, health, youth empowerment, and shelter). We develop a highly competent workforce to operate our plants and businesses, through intensive training and exchange programmes.

The company is committed to progress and attentive to the ever- changing needs of local communities. This is demonstrated by contributing to the improvement of their quality of lives in a sustainable manner through setting up local development programmes in key areas that have direct impacts on socio-economic well being of the people and their environment.

More importantly, Lafarge Africa Plc endeavors to create more value for our customers, providing them with innovative and high quality products and solutions. Our well-known brands – Ashaka Portland Limestone Cement, Elephant Cement, Powermax Cement, Supaset Cement, UniCem Cement as well as Readymix Concrete and Aggregates – all stand for quality, consistency and long term strength which help deliver solutions that contribute to more housing for people, more compact buildings, better connected communities, more beautiful structures and more durable construction.

For our concrete operations, we leverage on the Group’s 50 years of experience in innovative concrete solutions and this puts us in the position to provide quality solutions that are designed to meet the specific needs of today’s builders. Today, Lafarge Readymix operations have a production capacity of 3.5 cubic million metric tonnes in Nigeria.
Building solutions
Lafarge works with all actors in the building industry of Nigeria, from do-it-yourself builders to large construction companies, architects and local artisans. Whether supplying high-quality cement to a craftsman or helping leading architects explore and deliver creative possibilities, Lafarge Africa Plc is committed to providing solutions that fit the needs of all its clients.

Lafarge Africa Plc’s clients benefit from the technical expertise and product innovation that are the hallmark of LafargeHolcim, an international leader in building materials with a global presence in 90 countries and decades of experience. In Nigeria, LafargeHolcim offers a range of innovative and high-performance products.The Biomass Coordinator serves as the primary point of contact for customers, managing communication regarding biomass waste, orders, and deliveries. They are responsible for achieving targeted biomass sourcing volumes in designated regions or customer segments. In collaboration with the Sales Administrator, the Coordinator executes sales and marketing activities to ensure customer satisfaction.

What you'll be doing

Biomass Coordinator is responsible for the customer/vendor facing activities and to provide rest of the organization with market information.

Quality, Health & Safety and Environment

Reinforce the Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental Procedures
Organize periodic audit to control the application of the QHSE process.

Creation of prospects/customers/vendors and contacts
Plan and perform visits to customers and vendor as necessary
Register and follow up opportunities and action plans
Create customer/vendor offers and initiate price negotiation
Preparation of the content of the physical AFR Contracts
Follow up customer/vendor complaints
Introduce volumes in Planning Tool based on what is obtainable from the market
Prepare sales reports as a base for weekly transportation planning.
Search, identify new market and materials opportunities and triggering the AFR Material
validation flow where necessary
Liaise with Sales Administrator to provide Master Data management (Customers, Vendor, Materials)
Assist in the preparation of commercial offer to Customers/Vendors to be reviewed and discussed with the Geocycle Commercial Manager
Liaise with logistics department to ensure timely deliveries for customer’s satisfaction with Geocycle services.
Participate in preparing budget proposals for Geocycle in the country

Who you'll be working with 

List of direct reports:

Biomass Sourcing Manager

Key interfaces, stakeholders and relationships:

Internal:

Geocycle Commercial Manager
Geocycle Sales Administrator
Geocycle Logistics/Operation Coordinators .
Plant Manager / Plant AF/ARM Champion
Communication Managers, Lobbying, Strategy,
Business Shared Service – Finance/Accounting

External:

Partner companies
Waste producers
Waste collection / disposal companies
Waste producer
Administration
Association

What we are looking for:

Degree in Agriculture/ Business Management/ Social sciences with sales development proven experience
> 3 years of experience
Social and negotiation skills with the customers or vendors
Training in the process and steps in CRM tool – Sales force, for the following processes:

Visit management, opportunity management, action plans, AFR Request

Basic knowledge in MEA BM Business Partner Master Data Model and training in creation/modification of Customers/Prospects & AFR request in Sales force.
Training in SAP (AFR Process steps)
Excellent organizational and multitasking skill

Mobility Requirements: The job will involve travel across various Biomass waste sourcing points in Nigeria